by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 11, 2019 | Family, Parenting Teenagers
When I was a teenager I had a curfew of 11:00. I don’t know why I complied, and I’m not quite sure what my mother would have done if I hadn’t (I don’t think she’s sure, either). Yet while I may have grumbled about it, I was always home by...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 6, 2018 | Healthy Living
I’m going to open a big can of worms. I’m getting ready for people to throw tomatoes at me and yell at me. But, please, please, can we talk honestly about something today? I really think we need to have a conversation about the fact that our kids are...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 8, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers
Can high school become a toxic environment? Absolutely. I want to talk briefly today about 13 Reasons Why (the Netflix show), but don’t worry if you don’t care about that show. I’m going to make a bigger point that applies to all of us. When the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 22, 2017 | Parenting Teenagers
Three years ago, my daughter Rebecca, then 19, wrote a post for me called Why I Didn’t Rebel. Chances are, if you’ve been reading me for a while, you’ve read it. In fact, chances are that’s how you found me in the first place, because in the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 25, 2017 | Parenting Teenagers
Teenage suicide should never be romanticized. There is a lot of buzz that Netflix’s new series 13 Reasons Why does just that. I disagree. I watched it over the last week, and I have rarely seen a show that so captures the complexities and grittiness of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2017 | Family, Parenting Teenagers
Is your teen addicted to selfies? It seems like a weird question, doesn’t it? But it’s a real issue–more and more, teenagers are becoming obsessed with having the perfect online image, and it can seriously impact their quality...